Sunday, March 24, 2013

Yes, Aliens Do Exist, in My Opinion

In my own thought experiments about life on other planets, I arrived at
the opinion that yes, there must be life on other planets. As I grew up there was no proof
that other stars had planets. I was in my forties when we received the first indications and I excitedly relayed the information to my sons. It was the X-Files era and they were interested in the possibility of whether aliens really existed. Now it is clear that there are many within our range of observation.
There is now evidence though it is definitely not yet positively
established that simple life may have once existed on Mars. Life
evolved here in our solar system, so, why should not there be evolving life out there in others? And
if so, and there is sentient life on some of these planets then will
they not evolve along the same paths? The capability for flight
developed at least three times on earth here in the past. First
insects, then reptiles (birds), and then mammals (bats). So then it was
meant to be and therefore it must be God’s will. It is part of That-Which-Brings-About's
plan that nature unfolds to achieve flying creatures. And the same
could be hypothesized for the movement of sentient beings from being
pack animals to, after verbal communication becomes possible, tribal
culture. Will they not arrive at culture, religion, politics and the
whole wonderful expression that brings. I cannot imagine that they will
not have their Christ. This line of reasoning helps me to believe, to
believe in the cosmic Christ.

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Husband, dad, loves to read and talk about religion, books, music. Formed by my experiences as a Church of Christ preacher's kid, growing up in the South but making many trips to Michigan to visit grandparents, attending a conservative liberal-arts religious college, Harding University, then the U. of Memphis and finally the U. of Virginia as well as my family and friends all along the way.